Next to the core position of Sanyiji, the field artillery wing of the 14th Division of the Japanese Army dispatched a brigade of artillery to deal with the squadron on the river embankment in the northeast of Sanyiji, and the rest of the reinforced heavy artillery and cannon were busy covering the squadrons attacking from other directions. Ｘ

The 12 38 75-mm field guns were placed and aimed, because the artillery bombardment had already been carried out in the early morning, and the various shooting units near the river embankment were already well understood, so naturally there was no longer a need for test firing, and on the main defense line on the northeast periphery of Sanyiji, the four 75-mm 41-type mountain guns of the 59th Wing's Wing Squadron also slowly lowered their muzzles within the visual range, aiming at the river embankment in front, and in the position, the troops of the two brigades of the 59th Wing were ready to attack, but not all of them could attack, and one brigade was the garrison of the positionThe other brigade is a mobile force that has just been transferred for reinforcements and counterattacks.

The soldiers of the 1st Brigade in charge of the attack made an attack posture under the command of the officer, with bayonets on their guns, heavy machine guns erected on the fortifications, and the rulers were adjusted to cover the firing, and at the rear of the position, two infantry guns were also erected, ready to open fire.

"Fire!" The artillery positions of Sanyiji were full of artillery smoke, and the Japanese artillery preparations began in earnest, and the twelve field guns opened fire in turn, and after each cannon fired, it turned to free fire, and the fire preparation was carried out on the river embankment, and the mountain artillery of the 59th Wing Wing Artillery Squadron in front of the formation followed closely behind, and launched direct fire near the river embankment.

After the first shell landed, the officers and men of the preparatory battalion immediately shrank tightly in the fortifications, Zhang Wei opened his mouth, trying to keep his body away from the ground, and when the bombs fell on a large scale, the anti-artillery holes and fortifications were all shaken with slag and mud, and everyone closed their eyes.

Fortunately, the amplitude of the shock was not large, and it can be seen that the Japanese did not fire large-caliber heavy artillery, Zhang Wei estimated that it was a 75-mm caliber mountain artillery. The Japanese artillery fire first blew up in front of the river embankment, and then continued to extend, hitting the river embankment, Zhang Wei built all the fortifications of the preparation battalion on the slope facing away from the Japanese army, and the Japanese artillery shells had some shooting dead ends for these fortifications, so there were not many shells that fell near the fortifications and anti-artillery holes.

More shells fell farther behind Zhang Wei and them, the shells exploded on the flat ground, blowing up bursts of smoke, some corpses that did not have time to converge were blown up, producing a cloud of blood mist in mid-air, the artillery fire extended to this place, that is, the end of the Japanese shelling, the shelling did not stop, the frequency and density gradually decreased, Zhang Wei picked up the rifle, the shelling density decreased, which was the signal that the Japanese infantry charge was about to begin.

Zhang Wei patted the dust on his body and climbed out of the fortifications, the officers and soldiers of the preparatory battalion heard that the density of the artillery bombardment had dropped, and the experienced veterans knew that this was about to be an infantry charge, so they climbed out of the fortifications one after another, ready for battle.

"Prepare for battle, two and three companies on the battlefield!" Zhang Wei shouted, the soldiers of the second and third companies and the heavy machine gun company that undertook the defensive task drilled out of the fortifications one after another, and during the shelling just now, there were also sporadic shells falling on the slope facing away from the Japanese army, killing and wounding about seven or eight soldiers in the preparatory battalion, and the overall loss was not large. The bodies of the dead and wounded were still hidden in the fortifications and were tended by a company serving as a reserve.

"Come out quickly, second company, don't nest, go to the battlefield!" Mu Chao waved the shell gun and organized the soldiers of the second company to climb up and quickly enter the position. Sanlian followed closely behind, and under the urging of Zheng Yiqun, he hugged up.

"Whew." There was a burst of howling in the sky, Zhang Wei looked up, two red signal flares fell in the air, and the signal at this time could only be the signal that the Japanese infantry was preparing to attack or starting to attack.

"Hurry, hurry, speed up to the ground! Mortar platoon, mount artillery, listen to my command to fire! ”

Zhang Wei ordered loudly, and he also tried his best to climb up the river embankment position, and Li Changgui, a platoon attached to the Northeast Army, followed Zhang Wei with more than 30 remnants of the 106th Division and rushed to the river embankment. More than 100 people marched quickly to the embankment position in turn.

The soldiers of the mortar platoon carried the dismantled mortars, ran to the rear, and at the bottom of the slope, entered the mortar fortifications that had been built long ago, and the squad and platoon commander commanded the soldiers to complete the combination of the 82 mortars, and the mortar shells were scattered and placed at a high angle, just waiting for Zhang Wei's order before firing.

In order to command the mortar, Zhang Wei asked from the mortar platoon to send them two red firing command flags for firing and shooting, Zhang Wei did not have a telephone and telephone line in his hand, and it was impossible to set up a communication command telephone in the infantry battalion under the current conditions, in order to ensure the real-time nature of artillery support, Zhang Wei could only use this method to hand over the red command flag to the guards around him, once he wanted to shoot, the guards would wave the red command flag at the slope, and the mortar platoon would open fire at this time.

The Japanese artillery fire has not stopped on the whole, the fire suppression of the field artillery has gradually disappeared, but the direct fire of the mountain artillery of the wing is still continuing, the four 75 mountain guns continue to fire at the river embankment, the soldiers defending the river embankment position have entered the position one after another, and the heavy machine gun company has set up four heavy machine guns behind the river embankment defense line after consolidating the fortifications.

"Repair the fortifications and prepare for battle!"

"Quick, make up the collapsed area, and re-stack the sandbags for me."

"The grenade was opened and placed on top of the trench."

The voices of veterans and officers urged one after another, Zhang Wei jumped into the defense line of the river embankment, the Japanese army's direct-aim artillery had not stopped firing, the shells smashed on the slope facing the Japanese troops, and from time to time shrapnel flew on the river embankment, and the officers and men of the preparatory battalion who had taken up the position could only bend down as much as possible to work and prepare for battle.

Zhang Wei could see in the telescope that the four guns that were fired were all 75-mm 41 mountain guns, and they didn't even dig much basic artillery fortifications, and the muzzles spit out orange fireworks and fired at direct sight.

"Damn!" The little devil is bullying himself and has no suitable artillery, so he dares to blatantly use mountain artillery to shoot directly within the naked eye, if he has two body cannons on hand, why is the little devil so arrogant.

"Sir, the devil's artillery is weak this round, and when it hits us, the cannonball smashed into the soil, which can smash through a big hole, and many brothers are hiding in the dug fortifications and are buried alive in it!"

Li Changgui lay beside Zhang Wei and said loudly.

According to the power of the shelling just now, Zhang Wei judged that the most that came over was 75 caliber mountain artillery and field artillery, and compared with the shelling of the 106th Division, it was relatively easy, and it was estimated that the Japanese heavy artillery was now used in other directions.

Zhang Wei continued to observe with a telescope: "It should be heavy artillery and cannons that bombed you, and the shelling just now was a 75-caliber mountain artillery. ”r