Pond River

Major General Satoichiro Katayama, commander of the 5th Infantry Brigade under the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army, was in the rear position, looking at the defenders' positions in the distance with binoculars.

He only saw that these defenders were already in full position, and all kinds of fortifications had been perfected, and he stared at his troops with fierce eyes.

It's just that the careful Ichiro Katayama found that the soldiers of the defenders on the opposite side had a look of panic and fear in their eyes, and they couldn't help but hook a curvature at the corner of their mouths.

"These people are still as timid as ever!" Riichiro Katayama smiled at the chief of staff beside him and said, "With such an army, it is so possible to stop the pace of our big RB empire?" You say they know that resistance is death, so why do they struggle? Why don't you lay down your arms and obediently let the warriors of our empire slaughter them! ”

Between the words, he was full of contempt for the defenders, and his tone was relaxed, and he did not see the urgency of the impending battle at all.

In fact, these arrogant Japanese soldiers, including generals, basically thought highly of themselves when fighting the defenders of the Republic of China and did not take the defenders seriously.

Hearing Richiro Katayama's words, the chief of staff beside him also said easily: "Who knows! Who knows what these ignorant Shina people are thinking! ”

"As a strong person, you only need to despise the weak, can you still guess what the weak think in their hearts? Isn't that ridiculous! ”

After saying that, he laughed again, and Riichiro Katayama also laughed arrogantly, completely ignoring the defenders on the opposite side.

"Okay, Your Excellency the brigade commander, the order of the division commander is urgent, let's take this position first! I still have to wait for the next combat mission of the division commander! With that, the chief of staff waved his hand and walked towards the headquarters, completely unconcerned about the battle here.

"Also, let's take down this position first!" Riichiro Katayama also nodded with a chuckle.

Between the two of them, it was as if the Chihe position opposite was already in their pockets.

In fact, it is precisely because of this that in the minds of the officers of the Japanese army, with the strength of one of their brigades, can they still not take this small blocking position in front of them?

Riichiro Katayama pulled out his command knife, pointed ahead, and shouted: "Kill it!" ”

"Onboard!"

When a large group of Japanese soldiers heard the order, they immediately shouted, and then attacked forward with their rifles in their backs.

"Brothers, call me! Pin the little devil to me here! ”

Seeing the Japanese army coming to attack, Wang Zanbin, the commander of the 174th Division of the 31st Army of the defending army, picked up his rifle and killed a little devil with a snap, and then shouted loudly.

This gunshot, as if it was just a prelude, suddenly kicked off!

For a while, the chaotic gunfire rang out.

Under the command of the captain, the soldiers of the little devil's brigade howled and rushed towards the Chihe position, and the Japanese army formed a straggler formation, in groups of three, cooperating with each other to attack and defend, and the rifles in their hands kept shooting towards the defenders.

And the defenders were naturally not to be outdone, and counterattacked with strong firepower.

The two sides came and went, the chaotic gunfire continued, and both sides had casualties, and under the strong counterattack of the defenders, a large group of Japanese troops could not rush up at all, so they could only retreat after leaving the corpses on the ground.

"Hurry up, notify the artillery wing, shell immediately! Blow up all the Chinese army on the opposite side for me! The first wave of attacks turned out to be a failure, which made Ichiro Katayama a little displeased, and immediately said to an officer beside him.

In his past, as long as the troops on his side fired, it was estimated that the defenders of the other side would lose their armor and flee, but he didn't expect that the other side would still have the courage to resist!

"The people of Zhina, all dead, dead, dripping!" Riichiro Katayama thought angrily.

The Third Division is a first-class division of the Japanese army, and it is also one of the first new army formations among many divisions and regiments of the Japanese army.

Compared with other divisions, and even compared with other divisions of the same class, although the third division is also an establishment of two infantry brigades, the artillery of the third division is much more than that of other divisions!

In an ordinary first-class division, the artillery in the division is only a wing, but the third division is equipped with a brigade of artillery!

It was the 1st Brigade of the Japanese Field Heavy Artillery!

The 1st Brigade of Field Heavy Artillery has three wings, namely the 2nd and 3rd Wing of Field Heavy Artillery and the 3rd Wing of Field Artillery!

Needless to say, the rest of the 3rd Division, these artillery firepower alone is already very strong!

And now Riichiro Katayama's Fifth Infantry Brigade led his troops to attack Chihe, and also brought the Second Wing of Field Heavy Artillery!

At this time, after receiving an order from Riichiro Katayama, in an artillery position on the left rear side of the Japanese position, Wing Commander Onoki immediately ordered: "Your Excellency the brigade commander came down and ordered us to immediately launch an artillery bombardment of the Shina Army!" ”

"Hey!"

Hearing this, an officer bowed and saluted, then nodded to the two standard-bearers next to him, who directly raised the chess pieces in their hands and began to direct the artillery.

Soon, on the artillery position, some artillerymen had already stood up and said: "Report to Your Excellency, Wing Commander, the shells are loaded!" ”

"Roar!" Onoki nodded with satisfaction, drew his command knife, and shouted loudly, "Ready!" ”

"Put!"

"Boom~Boom~Boom~~"

With a single order, one shell after another suddenly hit the cannon into the sky, and the strong recoil pushed these cannons backwards for a distance, and the shock wave rolled up the sand and stones, making a puff of smoke and dust on the position.

At this time, the artillery shells in the sky were smashed into the distance, and the target was the defender position of the 174th Division in the Chihe position.

"Whoosh ......"

Wang Zanbin, the commander of the 174th Division, who was leading the soldiers to block the Japanese army, suddenly heard a scream from the sky, and couldn't help but follow the sound, but saw dozens of shells, which were whistling.

Suddenly startled, he couldn't help but shout loudly: "Get down!" The cannonballs of the little devils are coming! ”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

As soon as the words fell, one shell after another fell directly near the position, and nearly half of the shells accurately hit the position, but some shells were out of position.

This is only the first round of the Japanese army's test *** degree is not very accurate, and when the next round comes, all the Japanese artillery shells will be poured over!

However, even so, a part of the position has been swallowed up by artillery fire!

The shells exploded, kicking up a large area of dirt, and the defensive positions built were directly blown up in scattered places like paper paste in such shelling.

The firepower bunkers built by the geoforts were directly pulled out by the shells, and the broken wood and gravel were lifted into the air, and then smashed down.

Some of the fighters were hit directly by the shells before they could dodge, and their entire bodies were blown into a pile of flying ashes.

Some of the soldiers were not directly hit by the shells, but the shock wave of the explosion and the splash of shrapnel killed them.