It's not just the front line of Jiuguan that is cheering.

The sound of the front line of Niangziguan is even more sufficient.

Because, it was issued by two infantry brigades of the Third Army, plus three infantry regiments of the 129th Division, totaling more than 10,000 people.

Once the Japanese army claimed to be able to defeat a brigade of the national army, an infantry brigade that was almost fully manned, was first blocked by the 771 regiment on both sides of the mountain road and could not advance an inch, and before the Third Army could then pursue the inch brigade to arrive at the battlefield, Zhang Ruhao, who had already learned that the Japanese army on the Jiuguan front line had entered the mountains and was being blocked by the first infantry battalion of the independent regiment, quickly ordered, and all the howitzer muzzles were pointed directly at this Japanese artillery brigade.

That's ten 105 howitzers! Although the blocking troops in front had been notified, when the overwhelming sound of shell explosions came from more than 300 meters away, many officers and soldiers who did not block their ears in time had to shout and talk to him for a long time to hear clearly.

The 771st Regiment, which had never experienced such exaggerated shelling, was the first time to directly face the shelling of the 105 howitzers, especially when ten howitzers fired a salvo and ten huge fireballs rose into the air on the Japanese positions, the positions on the mountain ridge 300 meters away seemed to tremble.

At that moment, there seemed to be no other sound between heaven and earth, only the sound of an explosion "boom".

On top of that, the wind swept the gravel and broken wood up to 300 meters away, forcing the jaw-dropping red warriors to hide themselves in makeshift bunkers.

It's really exciting, compared to such a cannon, the 75 mountain cannon that their old opponents were proud of in the past is a small earthen cannon.

The Red soldiers hundreds of meters away were still like this, what about the Japanese positions in the central area of the artillery bombardment?

It's hell.

If it is a field battle between the two sides, the Japanese army will generally build field trenches. But the bad thing is that they are going to attack, they have to go to the rescue of the brigade headquarters that has long ceased to exist.

Naturally, there is no need to build trenches and fortifications for the attack. Therefore, they did not have any trenches, no anti-artillery holes, except for bunkers formed by some natural rocks, and when they fought in the wilderness in the face of overwhelming artillery fire, they were completely like naked and weak girls facing a group of strong men who had been locked up in prison for more than ten years.

Completely ravaged, not to mention the ability to resist, and even escaping is a luxury.

Eight field artillery pieces also began to help, and it was not the climax of this artillery bombardment, and the six Bofors mountain guns of the Zhao Ergou Artillery Battalion, which followed the main force of the 17th Division, also joined as soon as they heard the news, which was a feast for all the artillery units of the Chinese army.

If it weren't for the fact that the remaining six mountain guns of the 17th Division's artillery battalion were too close to shoot and were really beyond the reach of the battlefield 8 kilometers away, this shelling would have set a record for Chinese artillery on the Jindong front. Rao was so, and the artillery involved in the shelling of this infantry brigade also reached ten 105 howitzers, eight field guns, and six Bofors mountain guns, a total of 24 guns, which was equivalent to the heavy firepower of half of the artillery wing of the 20th Division.

That's the artillery fire that once lowered the hill of the old pass by fifteen centimeters!

Zhang Ruhao also knew that this was not only the last battle of Niangzi Pass, but also the last battle of the entire Jindong in the next two months, so he didn't plan to save shells, but for the first time in the first time, he was as extravagant as Liu Tuanzuo, and ordered all the artillery to carry the shells empty.

This battle can be regarded as a refreshment to Zhao Ergou, who has been aggrieved for a week, has been suppressed by the Japanese howitzers, and the artillery battalion has to run away quickly after firing a few cannons, because it has been prepared for a long time, plus there are three jumpers This time, it carried 360 shells, with an average of 60 rounds of 3 bases each, and it was hard not to leave a single shot, and all of them were empty.

Especially on the howitzer position, in the late autumn in the north when the temperature was only 10 degrees, the soldiers of the independent regiment who temporarily acted as ammunition men were almost all naked and sweaty, and they needed to transport shells back and forth between the shell storage point and the artillery, but the gunners were already crazy, almost every gun reached the maximum rate of fire.

At this point, the face of the artillery squad leader who commanded the artillery bombardment was still hideous, disgusted that the temporary ammunition men did not transport the shells fast enough, and even the lieutenant company commander, who took off his military uniform and temporarily served as a coolie, opened his mouth and scolded "soft eggs".

Stimulated, the lieutenant company commander gave an order, and more than 100 people of the Blue Army Company under his command joined the queue for transporting artillery shells, except for the necessary guards. Your artillery is now the master, Lao Tzu doesn't fight with you, just see if you can hold up to death, you have the ability to empty the ammunition depot stored by the little devil, anyway, Lao Tzu can empty it.

The infantry and artillery competed in this way, one fought desperately, and the other fought with all his strength.

Zhao Ergou only brought 360 rounds of shells over there, and he already felt that he was a character, what was the ammunition reserve of the 26th Artillery Wing? The 18.5-kilogram 105 howitzer alone has a storage of 1,000 rounds, and there are more than 4,000 rounds of 75 field artillery shells, which can be fired for at least the entire morning if they are all empty.

Of course, there are enough shells, and the artillerymen are crazy enough, but the artillery still has to rest.

After 40 minutes of uninterrupted shelling, 24 guns fired at least more than 1,500 shells into the Japanese position. The terrible artillery fire even led the troops to advance Cun Xingqi had to order his soldiers to stay 2 miles away from the Japanese position where the artillery was raging, and get closer, he was afraid that he would be accidentally injured by the crazy artillery of the crazy friendly troops.

However, no one blames the artillerymen for their madness, and they even hope that they can be more crazy.

Because, only those who have experienced the horror of shelling know what is heart-wrenching helplessness.

But this time, it was the turn of the Japanese army, watching them wail in the artillery fire, and the hearts of the infantry had an indescribable joy.

And, sorrow.

Because, they remembered their brothers.

Once, in the artillery fire of the Japanese army, they watched with tears in their eyes as their comrades-in-arms walked into the smoke of gunpowder one by one, and then disappeared one by one, and then someone walked in without hesitation and disappeared again.

Is it sadness? No, when they go to war, they are not afraid of death. Death is the fate of every warrior. They were just helpless, and the brothers who died in battle, many of whom did not even fire a single shot, became victims of Japanese artillery fire. They will not have any combat exploits, and even on the death record, there is only a short sentence: died from Japanese shelling.

The nameless people died in obscurity again, and even their bodies were wiped off the planet by horrific artillery fire, leaving no trace at all, and no one could remember them except themselves.

It was not until three minutes after the artillery fire gradually stopped that the two brigade commanders, the future general and the two brigade commanders, dared to order the troops to advance towards the Japanese positions in an attack formation, and they were cautious. What if the gunner can't get enough of another shot? Or, what if the stubborn little devil still resists? This is the last battle, and no one wants to die unlucky at this point in time.

Everyone can't wait to celebrate the victory.

Yes, from generals to soldiers, at this moment it was already certain that they would win the final victory, and no one would survive under such crazy artillery fire.

Yes, they are right, no one can survive in such purgatory, whether he is Chinese or Japanese. Regardless of whether he is a Saint Seiya or Iron Man, if he is within a 10-meter kill range of a cannonball with a central temperature of up to 1,000 degrees at the time of the explosion, the result will be turned into a piece of roast meat or shattered, and if the cannonball explodes 30 meters away, even if you lie on the ground, the internal organs will be shattered into pieces.

If you're 50 meters away, congratulations, this shell may not kill you, but you may be in the center of another shell.

Because the shells fell too densely, the area occupied by the Japanese infantry brigade was only a valley 600 meters long and 400 meters wide at most, but more than 1,500 shells fell in an area of 24,000 square meters.

Such a density of shells has been experienced by Chinese soldiers in both Niangzi Pass and Jiuguan Pass. Painfully and helplessly, the general put platoon and company by company into the position and watched them disappear with his own eyes.

However, there are still trenches and anti-artillery holes!

As for the Japanese soldiers, they just lay down in the field, hiding behind stones, and even, full of desperation, hiding behind a tree.

Then the result can be imagined.

The two infantry regiments approached the Japanese army one after the other, and the position was already scorched and blackened, almost completely bombed, without any resistance, except for the sound of footsteps, the whole position was eerily calm.

The remnants of the limbs were scattered everywhere, and there was a hungry smell of barbecue.

More than one soldier couldn't help but sniff and determined the source of the barbecue, and when he reacted, it was the smell of roast, even if it was a veteran, he couldn't help but turn pale, and many recruits even vomited at the first time.

It's not that there are no living people, searching the Japanese positions, after all, there are still dozens of Japanese soldiers who are curled up in the craters and survive. With the exception of a few who shot and resisted and were quickly killed, most of the rest seemed to be stupid, and even when some silent Chinese soldiers surrounded them, they did not say a word, and lay or sit in the crater with empty eyes.

Obviously, the courage and arrogance of their Imperial Japanese Army were also blown up with this round of frantic shelling.

In the face of such a Japanese army, the future general can only order all of them to be tied up as prisoners and guarded, he can destroy all enemies who dare to resist, but for this kind of complete loss of will to resist like a puppet to be slaughtered, after all, he still can't do it.

War is destroying humanity and rebuilding it at the same time.

The Chinese nation and the Japanese are different after all.

When the two armies met in victory, dark gray and dark blue stood side by side, the two brigade commanders shook hands with each other, and thousands of officers and soldiers of the two armies stood all over the mountains and valleys, and at the same time raised their guns, and cheered "Victory!" at about the same time as the Jiuguan side. ”

In this battle, almost nothing was captured, and most of the weapons were reduced to parts along with the Japanese army.

But who cares?

At this moment, everyone is tasting the sweetness of victory.

On the Niangziguan front, the 39th Infantry Brigade was basically wiped out. All that can slip away is a few stragglers.