On June 23, the Japanese 5th Heavy Artillery Brigade finally arrived on the outskirts of Anqing, and on the same day, the 106th Division of Junrokuro Matsuura and the Sakai Detachment of the 6th Division immediately followed Okamura Ninji's plan and sent troops to surround the two county towns of Anqing and Huaining from the northeast.

This time, Matsuura Junrokuro did not dare to make his own decisions, and when all the heavy artillery of the heavy artillery brigade was in place, he immediately deployed it outside the defense line two or three kilometers away from the city. Then, together with his own 106th Field Artillery Wing and the Field Artillery Wing of the Sakai Detachment, a total of more than 150 heavy artillery, field artillery, mountain artillery, etc., they launched an indiscriminate bombardment of the positions of the Chinese defenders and the city.

The heavy artillery brigade of the Japanese army is a unit of a strategic nature. The heavy artillery brigade, which has always been standard, has two heavy artillery wings, equipped with very fierce artillery firepower, including: 30-40 heavy cannons of 150mm caliber of the Taisho seven-year type; 20 heavy cannons of 240mm caliber of the 90 type; There are 10 heavy howitzers of the 96 type 305 caliber, and some heavy artillery brigades are also equipped with 3-6 mortars of the 98 type 320 caliber.

Just by looking at the caliber of these cannons, you know that they are powerful. The 150-caliber cannons, which Bai Fei had captured and used when he participated in the battle in Shanghai, each cannon weighed several tons, although it was inconvenient to move, but the firepower was very powerful. As for other 240mm caliber and 305 caliber cannons, because they are too heavy and too inconvenient to move, they are generally mostly used for fixed defense in coastal defense fortresses and other places, and are rarely used for mobile combat.

But this time, Okamura Ninji was also ruthless, and he must get rid of Bai Fei and his troops, so he brought 5 240mm caliber cannons and 5 320 caliber mortars along with the heavy artillery brigade.

The weight of the 320 mortar gun is relatively light, the barrel is shorter, the total weight of the ammunition is only a little more than a ton, and the firing range is not far, the maximum is more than 1,100 meters. However, the most terrifying thing is that this thing weighs more than 300 kilograms of shells alone, and the explosion power is not much worse than that of some aerial bombs.

Therefore, as soon as the Japanese opened fire, the Chinese army began to suffer heavy casualties, and the Sichuan soldiers stationed in the forward positions suffered first, and heavy artillery bombs fell on the positions one after another, even if there were anti-artillery holes, they could not stop the bombardment of such huge caliber and extraordinarily powerful shells, and people were constantly blown to pieces, or directly blown up the anti-artillery holes, and buried all the people hiding in the ground alive.

Within 5 minutes of the battle, Janssen couldn't bear it. He connected Bai Fei's phone, and the fire was so urgent that even the foul language burst out, and scolded: "Mom, the little devil's artillery fire is too powerful, and the arms and legs of my Sichuan army brothers are flying all over the sky, this battle can't be fought!" Let me tell you Bai Zhenyu, you hurry up and find a way, otherwise Lao Tzu will retreat! ”

Bai Fei frowned and said, "Commander Yang, don't worry, let the brothers outside retreat to the city to hide first..."

"Good! This is what you said..."Yang Sen was trying to find a reason for the withdrawal of the army, and when he heard Bai Fei say that he should withdraw the army, he immediately grabbed the conversation, and without waiting for the words to finish, he put down the phone and ran away.

"Hello? Feed? Bai Fei was still talking on the other end of the phone, but there was no sound here.

"Tuanzuo, it's me, Wang Weiguo." Soon the phone was answered again, "Commander Yang has already withdrawn his troops in a hurry." ”

Bai Fei said: "Defend the country, now the Japanese artillery fire is too fierce, let Yang Sen withdraw people to the city first, and our brothers will also withdraw." ”

"I see. What's the situation in Anqing? ”

"Not optimistic, the same as Huaining."

Wang Weiguo said: "It seems that this time the little devil wants to use artillery to bomb us directly in the city..."

Bai Fei said: "I think so too, but fortunately, when the fortifications were repaired before, Anqing and Huaining had built a lot of air defense facilities, and the Japanese army wanted to destroy us with only artillery, which was wishful thinking." But you also have to pay attention to safety over there, and if you have the chance, give the devils a try, and let them taste the cannons. ”

Wang Weiguo said: "Don't worry, Tuanzao, I know how to do it, and it is not the character of our direct regiment to be beaten passively like this." ”

Bai Fei smiled: "Okay, I'm relieved to hear you say that." ”

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Under the blows of various Japanese artillery fire, the Chinese defenders of Anqing and Huaining soon shrank their defensive lines one after another, and withdrew all the troops from outside to the city.

When Junrokuro Matsuura of the 106th Division learned of the situation, he was very happy and said with emotion: "The equipment of the heavy artillery brigade is really powerful, and in a short period of time, all the defenders of Shina have been driven to the city. Yo West! ”

Staff officer Yoshitaka Akiyama suggested: "Do you want the infantry to follow up and the artillery to continue to strike at the Shina Army in the city?" ”

Junrokuro Matsuura said, "Of course, but the infantry should not join in the fun." Just let the artillery continue the shelling. ”

Soon, the Japanese artillery unit raised several hot air balloons in an attempt to observe the situation in the city from a high altitude, but soon after it was raised, it was attacked by several anti-aircraft missiles fired from the city, and all of them were shot down.

Immediately afterward, hundreds of shells flew out of the city of Anqing, and in the blink of an eye, they fell around the Japanese artillery positions. Junrokuro Matsuura was observing with a telescope, so he saw it really, and was about to send someone to inquire about the loss, when a herald had already run over and reported: "Your Excellency the division commander, the artillery position has been shelled by the Shina Army, and 6 field guns and 4 150mm heavy guns have been lost. ”

Yoshitaka Akiyama said on the side: "It seems that the resistance of the defenders of Shina is very strong, and we still underestimate them. ”

Matsuura Junrokuro's face turned pale, and he said angrily: "Order the artillery to continue to carry out indiscriminate shelling of the city until the two cities are blown up." ”

In this way, the two sides fought one by one, and for two whole days, although the defenders were always the passive beaten side, but Bai Fei's direct regiment was not a fuel-efficient lamp, and the 107 rocket artillery was amazingly powerful, and it was extremely convenient to move. Although the bombing effect was not good due to problems such as vision, how to say that hundreds of shells at a time, a blind cat could also touch a few dead mice, so in two days, about 20 Japanese artillery pieces of various calibers and hundreds of Japanese soldiers were still knocked out.

However, it has to be said that the threat of heavy artillery from the Japanese army is still very large. In the past two days, the Sichuan brothers suffered very heavy casualties, the total casualties of the 133rd and 134th divisions reached more than 4,000 people, and even Bai Fei's directly subordinate regiment suffered more than 200 casualties in the shelling, which made him feel distressed.

It was June 25, and just after dawn that morning, the Japanese army launched a wave of shelling into the city as usual, but it didn't take long for the shelling to stop.

Bai Fei felt very strange and ordered people to fire a few shots at the Japanese positions outside the city, and the Japanese immediately counterattacked, but they only held out for a moment and stopped.

"Could it be that the Japanese army has a problem with logistics and the shells are gone?" Bai Fei couldn't help but guess.

Li Shuyang said on the side: "No, you forgot the information you received from the military commander yesterday, the Japanese army has been using the Yangtze River waterway to transport supplies since the day the heavy artillery brigade came, you must know that the most important thing for artillery is supply, although covering the shelling is very ammunition-consuming, but the Japanese artillery cannot cut off the supply as soon as it comes." ”

Bai Fei nodded and said, "What you said makes sense. It seems that the Japanese army is playing tricks, and we need to be more vigilant. ”