After all, Shigeharu Suematsu was the commander of the Japanese division for a long time, and after a panic, he quickly regained his composure.

Shigeharu Suematsu, who had regained his composure, called the chief of staff, Saburo Isata, and asked him to immediately inquire about the situation with the troops, order the troops to go into battle, and resolutely repel the attack of the Eighth Route Army.

The reason why Shigeharu Suematsu gave such an order was because the 114th Division was on the defensive and had a defensive line to rely on. Shigeharu Suematsu was convinced that his 114th Division was well-trained and well-equipped and could repel the attack of the Eighth Route Army.

To Suematsu Shigeji's regret, the heavy artillery brigade that was originally under his command was ordered to be transferred to Qingdao with the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Guards Division. Otherwise, Shigeharu Suematsu would be more sure to repel the attack of the Eighth Route Army. In this regard, Shigeharu Suematsu is not afraid, his division itself has a field artillery wing, which can completely provide artillery support to all units.

Things were not as rosy as Shigeharu Suematsu thought, and before Chief of Staff Isoda Saburo Osa could learn about the situation from the troops, the telephones of the division headquarters kept ringing, and the staff officers grabbed the phones and did not have time to shout "Moxi, Moxi," and the sound of the Japanese troops reporting that their positions had been violently bombarded by the artillery of the Eighth Route Army came from the microphone.

Saburo Isoda was just promoted to major general a few days ago, and now that he needs to be further reused, his desire to serve the emperor is booming! Seeing that there was panic in the staff officers' voices when they answered the phone, they immediately roared: "Baga! Don't panic! Order Otsuka Shobu Osa to immediately command the 12O Field Artillery Wing to open artillery and suppress the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army! Order your troops into battle and fight back on the spot! ”

As soon as Isoda's voice landed, the staff officer reported: "Report to Your Excellency Chief of Staff, Otsuka Shobu Daisa, all artillery positions were covered by the superior artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army, suffered heavy losses, and asked to withdraw from the battle." ”

Saburo Isoda froze for a moment.

The most dazzling thing on the battlefield is the rocket artillery that is pulled up to be tested in actual combat.

Li Chang, commander of the artillery and commander of the artillery brigade of the Eighth Route Army, Wang Shanzhu, political commissar, Zeng Zhao, director of the Eighth Route Army Arsenal and political commissar of the Instructor Ordnance Research Institute, and Bill, director of the new Eighth Route Army Instructor Ordnance Research Institute? Clement, all standing behind the rocket artillery, his eyes filled with excitement. They will personally observe the spectacular scene of rocket artillery firing and evaluate the combat effectiveness of the new weapon.

The rocket artillery was aimed at the position of an artillery brigade of the Japanese army in the direction of Niushan Town. The scouts had already reported the azimuth coordinates in advance, and were waiting for the artillery group to destroy them.

Before the rocket artillery bombardment began, Li Chang was still the same old-fashioned, and there were words in his mouth, what kind of little devil he said, don't blame Grandpa Li for being ruthless, you shouldn't be born in this world, and the final sentence is still "Division Commander, Division Commander, I love you." After the chatter, Li Chang ordered the rocket artillery squad to open fire.

With Li Chang's order, twelve rockets erupted from the rocket artillery tubes, marking twelve bright rays of light in the night sky and rushing towards the Japanese artillery position.

The arc drawn by the rocket was so beautiful, so beautiful that it was like a meteor in the sky, and the soldiers couldn't help but cheer.

The rockets exploded, and the flames illuminated the night. After the second salvo was completed, the small flag of the rocket artillery squad leader had just been raised, and he was about to give the order for the third salvo, but Li Chang stopped doing it, jumped to his feet and shouted: "Stop!" Stop! You losers, when the rocket is really a firecracker set off during the New Year? Don't want money, do you? The little devil artillery position is already fucking finished! ”

Sure enough, as soon as Li Chang's roar landed, the scouts replied that the target had been destroyed and the shelling had stopped.

Li Chang turned around and said to Wang Shanzhu: "Political commissar, you personally lead the rocket artillery squad to carry out mobile operations, where there are many devils, go there!" This guy is small, don't want the car to tow it, you can use a war horse, a small ditch and a small river can be crossed. The little devil is going to open his eyes this time! ”

In this way, Wang Shanzhu, the political commissar of the artillery headquarters and the political commissar of the artillery brigade, became the commander of the rocket artillery squad and personally commanded the first rocket artillery of the Eighth Route Army and began a legendary career on the battlefield.

The first line of positions of the Japanese army was already shattered under the heavy shelling of the artillery group of the Eighth Route Army. The blow came too suddenly and violently, and the Japanese army did not expect that the Eighth Route Army would concentrate its heavy forces to kill a horse pistol, and suffered heavy losses in the first blow.

This time, the Eighth Route Army was extremely well prepared, and each artillery group locked on to the target in advance, first concentrating artillery fire on the Japanese artillery positions, and then covering the Japanese Longhai Road defensive line fortifications. In the words of Liu Yimin when he later commented on this battle, it was "our army's artillery group made a meritorious contribution in this battle, and the first bombardment smashed the defense system of the Japanese army's Longhai Road defense line, clearing the obstacles for the further development of the battle." ”

Not only the artillery group was well prepared, but the armored group of the Eighth Route Army was also well prepared. In order to ensure the superiority in firepower and the effectiveness of one blow, Liu Yimin concentrated all the vehicles that could be called upon, and let the heavy machine guns of the heavy machine gun regiment, the antiaircraft guns and antiaircraft machine guns of the air defense brigade, and the rocket launchers of various units all get into the cars, and quickly advance behind the tanks and armored vehicles, forming a wide area of firepower.

Now, the small strongholds of devils along the way are unlucky. The artillery group of the Eighth Route Army may not have bothered to greet them, but the roaring armored group did not let them go, and without saying a word, they either beat the gun guns, pillboxes, and machine gun bunkers of the little devils, or greeted the anti-aircraft guns and bazookas on the cars behind the tanks, and the devils in these small strongholds did not even have a chance to carry out a suicide attack.

Where could the commander of the 114th Division, Shigeji Suematsu, think that the Eighth Route Army adopted this method of operation, and thought that his 114th Division was well-equipped and had a position to rely on, and could repel the attack of the Eighth Route Army. Where is the Eighth Route Army fighting, it is simply holding a water scoop and throwing bullets and shells out like water!

The shelling continues, the Panzer Group assault continues, and the panic of the Japanese continues!

Youth in the midst of war is beautiful!

Zhang Guangming, the commander of the first company, led the whole company, like a sharp knife, and followed the armored group that had caught up to swoop towards Niushan Town.

The artillery group of the Eighth Route Army concentrated on shelling the field fortifications of the Japanese army, and the artillery group of the Eighth Route Army would never have attacked villages and towns like Niushan Town. In this way, although the Japanese puppet army stationed in Niushan Town was stunned by the mighty power of the Eighth Route Army artillery group, they were also fortunate to avoid the fate of being blown to pieces by the Eighth Route Army artillery group.

But the luck of the little devil soon came to an end, and the most elite regiment of the Eighth Route Army was killed in Niushan Town under the cover of tank, armored car and car fire.

This Niushan Town was originally a beautiful and prosperous big bazaar, but when people came, beauty did not exist, and prosperity did not exist. In particular, when the Eighth Route Army broke through the Longhai Road a few days ago, Japanese planes and heavy artillery brigades bombed Niushan Town indiscriminately, causing Niushan Town to be riddled with holes. After the Japanese army reoccupied Niushan Town, they rushed to repair the fortifications and basically plugged the gap in the wall.

Needless to say, the fortifications of the Longhai Road defense line north of the town, and needless to say, the little devils in the fortifications were all drowned under the fierce artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army. Even those Japanese puppet troops who were lucky enough to survive and fought stubbornly were also drowned under the powerful fire net of the Eighth Route Army Armored Group and the Jiaoyi Regiment. Only this Niushan Town, because the artillery group of the Eighth Route Army did not implement fire coverage, the Japanese puppet army had time to enter the fortifications and resist stubbornly.

The Japanese puppet army began to return fire, not only machine guns and rifles, but also infantry artillery, in an attempt to block the Eighth Route Army's attack on Niushan Town. Not to mention, although the 114th Division is a conscripted reserve soldier, and the will to fight is not as fanatical as that of the young soldiers of the permanent division, but the combat skills are not bad at all, all of them are veterans, the marksmanship is very good, the machine guns are accurate and tricky, and the bullets hit the tanks and armored vehicles made by the Great Empire, and the attack channel of the infantry of the Eighth Route Army is loud. If this is left when there are no tanks, I am afraid that the Eighth Route Army will use corpses to cover the passage to attack Niushan Town.

The tank guns of the Eighth Route Army opened fire on the north gate of Niushan Town. Boom, boom, tom, tom, a shell exploded on the wall of Niushan Town with hatred, especially the anti-aircraft guns and bazookas placed flat on the cars, which hit steadily, accurately, and ruthlessly, and soon destroyed the wall around the north gate of Niushan Town. The tanks of the Eighth Route Army rumbled into Niushan Town from the breach.

Wearing a steel helmet and holding a Bayi automatic rifle in his hand, Zhang Guangming led the soldiers into the town with the tank.

There is indeed a kind of little devil, when he saw the Eighth Route Army attacking the town, he did not retreat but advanced, and even moved a counter-attack, trying to drive the Eighth Route Army out of the town. The grenadiers of the little devils hid in the courtyard and opened fire, covering the counterattack of the devil infantry.

As soon as Zhang Guangming saw the devil's counterattack, he shouted "It's a good time", and commanded the first company to concentrate firepower, cooperate with tanks and armored vehicles to get on machine guns, and slaughter the little devils.

The first battalion is the instructor's sharp knife and trump card, all equipped with Bayi automatic rifles and Bayi machine guns, and the firepower is continuous and dense, and the little devil's 38 big cover is not an opponent at all. The counterattack of the devils did not last long, as the tanks of the Eighth Route Army poured into the town one after another, and as the first battalion of the Sect that followed the first company of the Sect all entered the town, the counterattack of the little devils soon died, and they began to hide in the courtyard and fight with the Eighth Route Army on a courtyard-by-court basis. Some of the little devils also played suicide attacks, holding explosive bags, holding grenades to sneak attack tanks and armored vehicles of the Eighth Route Army, and even playing a game of attacking tanks with Molotov cocktails.

It turned out that the Japanese army in North China did not use Molotov cocktails, and since the commander of the 9th Division, Kiguchi Jiichiro, learned from the 23rd Division's practice of using Molotov cocktails against Soviet tanks on the battlefield of Nomenhan, not only the little devils of the 9th Division used Molotov cocktails, but also the little devils of the 114th Division learned it. No, the tank of the Eighth Route Army, which rushed to the front, had just killed a devil machine gun crew that was climbing on the roof with one shot, and more than a dozen Molotov cocktails flew out of a yard on the side of the road, which landed on the tank and exploded and caught fire, engulfing the tank in a raging fire.

As soon as Zhang Guangming saw that the tank was on fire, his eyes were about to bleed, and with a wave of his hand, more than a dozen soldiers behind him threw grenades into the courtyard, and before the smoke and dust of the explosion dissipated, Zhang Guangming took the lead in killing the courtyard.

As soon as he rushed into the courtyard, there was a "ah" in his ears, Zhang Guangming quickly fell to the ground, rolled on the spot, his eyes swept away, he ***, there were more than a dozen devil corpses lying horizontally behind the courtyard wall, needless to say that they were killed by the grenade thrown in by the Eighth Route Army just now. A little devil tǐng with a bayonet was sneaking up on him, and the devil looked hideous.

A good Zhang Guangming, lying on the ground, raised his gun and opened fire, knocking the little devil who attacked him to the ground. As soon as he wanted to get up with a carp beating tǐng, he saw a machine gun sticking out of the window of the main house in the courtyard, quacking, and firing at the gap in the courtyard, knocking several soldiers who were rushing into the courtyard through the gap to the ground.

Zhang Guangming didn't care about the carp hitting the tǐng, and it was another roll, and the gun was fired at the devil's machine gun, which knocked the little devil's machine gun dumb.

After killing the devil machine gun, Zhang Guangming jumped up. At this moment, a ghost corpse on the ground came to life and hugged Zhang Guangming's tuǐ.

Zhang Guangming looked down, ***, it turned out that the little devil lying on the ground was not dead, he may have been stunned by the grenade explosion just now, and now he woke up and attacked himself.

Without waiting for Zhang Guangming to turn the butt of the gun and smash it on the little devil's head, the devil made a "hi" sound from his mouth, and with both hands, he flipped Zhang Guangming to the ground. This time it was broken, and two little devils with bayonets pounced, "yah With a thud, a bayonet plunged into Zhang Guangming's stomach.

Without waiting for the little devils to continue their movements, the warriors who had just rushed into the courtyard opened fire and knocked the two little devils to the ground.

This was all happening between lightning and fire, and the devil who was holding Zhang Guangming's double tuǐ didn't have time to make any further movements, and was shot dead by the soldiers who rushed into the courtyard.

Zhang Guangming gritted his teeth, reached out and pulled out the bayonet on his stomach, and blood sprayed all over the ground at once.

Zhang Guangming grinned and smiled bitterly: "Damn, I didn't expect that Lao Tzu's dignified company commander would also be injured!" ”

The battle in Niushan Town did not last long, and the puppet army of a brigade and a battalion of devils stationed in Niushan Town was garrisoned, and two of the devil squadrons and puppet troops were deployed on the east and west flanks of the town, and they had already been overwhelmed by the artillery group and armored fire of the Eighth Route Army. There were only the headquarters of the Devil Brigade and two squadrons in the town, and the troops were not many, and they suffered heavy casualties under the blows of the tanks, armored vehicles of the Eighth Route Army and the 1st Battalion of Jiao, which attacked the town. In the end, the captain of the devil brigade and the remnants of the defeated soldiers were stuck in the two courtyards at the south gate of the town, and were buried under the artillery fire and grenades by the concentrated fire of the Eighth Route Army.

The Eighth Route Army's capture of Niushan Town was equivalent to cutting the 114th Division in half from the middle, and Shigeharu Suematsu soon understood that his 114th Division was in an unprecedented crisis.