"Your Excellency Brigade Commander, Captain Onoichiro's attack was blocked, and the troops suffered heavy losses, in order to avoid further losses, he asked for artillery support from the Empire!" An officer ran up to Yoshiyoshi Akiyama and quickly reported.

"What does Ichiro Ono eat! Not only did he not make the slightest progress for such a long time, but he still had to ask for reinforcements, he was still not a warrior of the empire after all! Hearing this, Akiyama Yoshiyo said with some displeasure.

The officer responded: "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, according to Captain Ono Ichiro, the Shina Army also has artillery, and the firepower is very fierce, and a squadron in the first wave of attack before only shattered all the jade under the fire of the Shina Army in less than twenty minutes!" ”

"Humph!" Akiyama Yoshiyoshi snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "This must be Ichiro Ono's excuse!" How could the Chinese army suppress the imperial army? He definitely didn't want his troops to lose too much, so he wanted to ask for reinforcements! ”

After speaking, considering that time had been wasted for so long, he boasted in front of His Excellency the division commander that he had taken the position of the Chinese army in two hours, and now a quarter of it had passed, and he could not delay it any longer.

So he said, "That's it! Since Ichiro Ono asked for artillery assistance, then he ordered to go down and let the 9th Wing of the Mountain Artillery open fire to assist Ichiro Ono in his attack! ”

"Hey!" Hearing this, the officer bowed and saluted, and was about to convey the order, but was stopped by Akiyama Yoshiyo.

"Wait!" Akiyama Yoshiyoshi said: "You tell Ono Ichiro that I promised him that the artillery would assist me, but you must take the position of the Shina Army within an hour, otherwise you will commit suicide!" ”

"Hey!"

……

The anxiously waiting captain finally waited for the news of the brigade commander, and when he heard that the brigade commander had agreed to send artillery to assist and that he had also sent a mountain artillery wing, the captain had a look of excitement on his face.

He asked for artillery assistance before, but he just wanted to let the artillery in the brigade assist, but he didn't expect the brigade commander to let the mountain artillery wing assist, which was a surprise!

As for the invitation of His Excellency the Brigade Commander, the captain did not pay much attention to it.

In his opinion, although the Chinese army is powerful, as long as it has the assistance of the mountain artillery wing, the Chinese army will definitely have no room for counterattack!

This is the captain's confidence in the Imperial artillery!

"Everyone is ready to launch an attack on the positions of the Chinese army as soon as the artillery bombardment of the empire is completed, and never give the Chinese army time to breathe, and strive to take Dingyuan in one go!"

With the assistance of the Mountain Artillery Wing, the ambition of the brigade commander was also much greater, and he even wanted to take Dingyuan in one go when he took the forward position.

I have to say that the self-confidence brought to him by the mountain artillery wing is really not ordinary!

Just when the captain was full of confidence, at this time, in the rear of the Japanese position, in a slightly flat ground, dozens of artillery pieces were parked.

This is the 9th Wing of the Japanese Mountain Artillery.

After receiving the news of Yoshiyoshi Akiyama, the commander of the 6th Brigade, asking for help, Wing Commander Seriyama Shu was a little disdainful.

I just swore in front of His Excellency the Commander of the Talented Division that he would definitely take the position of the Shina Army in two hours, but he didn't expect that after such a long time, not only did he not make the slightest progress, but he also had to ask for the assistance of their mountain artillery wing, and it was difficult for Akiyama Yoshiyoshi to be righteous when he said this.

Thinking of this, a trace of contempt flashed on Seriyama Xiu's face.

This Akiyama Yoshiyoshi is usually very arrogant in the division, and under the subordinates of his own brigade, he scolds others at every turn, and even he Seriyama Shu has been reprimanded by Akiyama Yoshiyo, and he has lost a lot of face in public.

Although Seriyama Shu is a mountain artillery wing, and Akiyama Yoshiyo is not the same subordinate or superior, but after all, Akiyama Yoshiyo's military rank is there, and Seriyama Shu can't help the other party, so he can only swallow this breath, thinking that he is looking for an opportunity to retaliate back in the future.

And this time, Akiyama Yoshiyoshi first lost a wing, and now that the attack is blocked, he must have a bad impression from the division commander, and the road to promotion in the future is estimated to be much more difficult.

And as long as their mountain artillery wing can seize the opportunity, maybe this attack on the Chinese army will be their own opportunity!

Although he is unwilling to help Akiyama Yoshiyoshi, if he can successfully defeat the position of the Shina Army, after the battle, he may be able to lead an independent heavy artillery brigade.

If this is the case, then even the division commander of the Standing Division of Class A will have to give himself three points of face, who will dare to reprimand himself?

When the time comes, it is not a matter of taking revenge on Akiyama Yoshiyoshi and making him lose face?

Thinking of this, Qin Shanxiu hurriedly ordered to start debugging Zhuyuan immediately, calibrating the distance and bearing.

Soon, the artillery had been debugged, and Seriyama Xiu did not dare to slack off, and directly understood that the artillery had begun to shell.

"Boom~Boom~Boom~~"

With a dull thud, dozens of shells burst out of the cannon, and the powerful recoil caused the cannons to move backwards for some distance, kicking up large clouds of smoke and dust.

Dozens of shells dragged a long tail flame, and after rising into the sky, they smashed towards the position of the Chinese army like a streamer.

……

After the first wave of Japanese attacks passed, there was no movement, which made Fang Xiaodong even more determined in his thoughts.

The little devil must be arranging artillery, otherwise, there would not have been such a long stop.

According to their usual experience in fighting the Japanese army, after the failure of the attack, the little devils must use artillery to carry out a round of bombardment to strike at the living forces of the defenders, and the infantry of the little devils took the opportunity to touch the position at this time.

By the time the shelling was over and the defenders had not yet come to their senses, the little devils had already taken advantage of the chaos to touch it.

At this time, the defenders could not fight the Japanese army, and they would be defeated.

In the past, when Fang Xiaodong participated in the Songhu Anti-Japanese War, he often encountered such a situation.

And this time, the 9th Division attacked, and there was no shelling at the beginning, it was because the Japanese army was careless, and now the little devils are vigilant and will definitely shell, this is inevitable!

Therefore, Fang Xiaodong had already conveyed the order when the Japanese army was not attacking, so that the soldiers were all ready.

Sure enough, he didn't let Fang Xiaodong wait long, but he heard a sudden sound of breaking the sky in the distance, Fang Xiaodong raised his eyes and saw dozens of cannonballs, like streamers, smashing towards this side.

Fang Xiaodong did not hesitate, and immediately shouted loudly: "Little devil shelling, quickly, dodge!" Enter the anti-artillery hole! ”

Without Fang Xiaodong to speak, the soldiers who had been prepared for a long time had already quickly hid in the anti-artillery hole when they heard the sound of breaking the sky.

The so-called anti-artillery hole is to dig a large hole at intervals in the passage of the trench when the trench is being dug.

Wooden or sandbags are used to cover the soil to form a simple bomb shelter.

Once the Japanese shelled it, the soldiers took refuge in the anti-artillery holes nearby, which could effectively prevent the shelling of the little devils.

The Japanese artillery shells fell on the position, covering the entire forward position, and the rumbling explosions continued to sound one after another, kicking up large areas of dirt, and many bunkers and fire points were destroyed in the shelling of the little devils.

There were also some cannons that accurately hit the anti-artillery holes, directly blowing up the holes, burying all the soldiers who were hiding inside.

Seeing this scene, some of the surrounding soldiers hurriedly dug up the soil and dug out the soldiers buried inside.

However, there were some soldiers who were directly killed by the shells, and the entire position was shaken violently under the continuous shelling of the Japanese army, as if it was about to be earthquaked.