"Your Excellency, the Second Wing of Heavy Artillery and the Eighth Wing of Heavy Artillery have entered the position, and they can be put into battle at any time. ·1?K A?N?SHU·COM ACCORDING TO YOUR ORDERS, I HAVE ONCE AGAIN ORDERED THE ENGINEERING UNITS TO REINFORCE THE ARTILLERY POSITIONS, AND NOW THE ARTILLERY POSITIONS WILL NOT BE GREATLY AFFECTED EVEN IF THEY ARE DIRECTLY HIT BY SHELLS."

Yuki Tsuchihashi, chief of staff of the 21st Army Command, came to Toshiyoshi Ando, and he saluted Toshiyoshi Ando and said.

The full name of the Second Wing of Heavy Artillery is the Second Wing of Field Heavy Artillery, which is subordinate to the headquarters of the 21st Army, and has 36 150mm howitzers under its jurisdiction in the fourth year of Taisho, this kind of artillery belongs to the old-fashioned artillery, with a range of more than 8,000 meters, both accuracy and lethality are good, but the range is a little short.

The Eighth Wing of Heavy Artillery that followed the Guards Mixed Brigade was subordinate to the Guards Division, and the Guards Division was responsible for protecting the safety of the Japanese Emperor, and the weapons of the Guards Division were all of the latest type, and the Eighth Wing of the Heavy Artillery was equipped with a Type 96 150mm howitzer, which had a range of 12,000 kilometers and was called the most perfect 150mm caliber howitzer by the Japanese army.

The Type 96 150mm howitzer was only finalized in 1936, but due to cost issues, this gun began to be discontinued in 1943.

In any case, the Japanese army in Guangzhou still had two heavy artillery wings, and these seventy-two 150mm howitzers were extremely threatening.

"Mixi, order the heavy artillery wing to be ready to shoot at any time, and once there is any need from the front, the heavy artillery will start firing as soon as possible to strike at the Chinese troops."

After hearing the report of Chief of Staff Yuki Tsuchihashi, a smile appeared on Toshikichi Ando's face.?? ? ?· 1?K?A wants N book S?H?U·COM

In Ando's view, his troops were reinforced with many heavy weapons, and there were aviation units to support the operation, and he thought that he would not have much problem holding on to Guangzhou.

He even felt that as long as his troops held on to Guangzhou for a while, then the Chinese troops would most likely be repulsed.

As long as he holds Guangzhou, Toshikichi Ando will be able to achieve victory, and he has great confidence in whether he can hold Guangzhou.

As early as the beginning of the war, Ando Toshiyoshi began to renovate Guangzhou, and he was sure that his troops could hold it with strong fortifications.

Soon the afternoon came, and the various units of the Chinese army had already begun to station in various places according to Sun Weiguo's order.

The four divisions of the 62nd Army and the 63rd Army were stationed in Panyu, and they cut off the escape route of the Japanese army in Guangzhou to the south, and at the same time blocked the Japanese reinforcements from Xinhui Zhongshan.

The New Seventh Army and the Provisional Ninth Army set up their headquarters in Foshan and Dongguan respectively, and the divisions also began to set up starting positions at the East and West City Gates of Guangzhou.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Sun Weiguo, the former commander-in-chief of the enemy in the Fourth Theater, came to the military headquarters of the New Seventh Army, and he gave an order to Dai Jitao, commander of the New Seventh Army, who asked Dai Jitao to first destroy the Guangzhou airfield outside the west gate of Guangzhou in order to strike at the combat strength of the Japanese air force.

Because the Japanese 15th Air Force and the First Air Force had more than 100 fighters and bombers in their way, the artillery brigade units could not advance for the time being, and their range could not hit the airfield.

"Commander Dai, I know that the current combat situation is very bad, the Japanese air force is constantly appearing in the sky, but if we can occupy the Guangzhou airport, some of the little devil's planes will not be able to take off here to support the operation, which will be of great benefit to our follow-up operations, on the contrary, if the Japanese army still masters the Guangzhou airport, their planes can take off at any time to attack us."

Inside the military headquarters of the New Seventh Army, Sun Weiguo looked at Dai Jitao, the commander of the New Seventh Army, and said with a serious expression on his face.

"Commander-in-chief, please rest assured, we will solve the Japanese airfield immediately, and before dark, we will definitely take the Japanese airfield." Dai Jitao swore and said.

After assuring Sun Weiguo, Dai Jitao immediately left the military headquarters, and he gave combat orders to the troops of the provisional Fifth Division.

Immediately after that, deputy division commander Liang Weifeng immediately began to lead the troops of the provisional 11th Regiment and began to move towards the Japanese airfield.

The Japanese airfield was on the outskirts of Guangzhou, where the 1st Brigade of the 1st Guards Wing of the Japanese Guards Mixed Brigade was stationed, and they were reinforced by the 3rd Anti-aircraft Artillery Group.

As the name suggests, the 1st Guards Wing is naturally subordinate to the Guards Division, and they are the Japanese Emperor's Guard Unit.

This is the first time for these devil soldiers to set foot on the Chinese battlefield, and they are full of curiosity about the Chinese battlefield.

However, when they came to the Chinese battlefield, the friendly troops suffered devastating blows one after another, especially the 18th Division, and the devil soldiers of the 1st Guards Wing realized that the Chinese battlefield did not seem to have endless benefits as the legend, and now these devil soldiers just wanted to end the Guangzhou battle as soon as possible, and then return to Japan and continue to serve as a garrison.

There are dozens of Japanese fighters and bombers at Guangzhou Airport, and more than 1,000 devil soldiers of the First Brigade of the First Guards Wing have already moved into the fortifications on the periphery of the airport.

High on the watchtower, as thousands of Chinese troops began to move forward, a terrible siren began to sound, followed by a rapid take-off of twelve bombers.

After coming to the front of the airport, the little devil bombers began to bomb the ground, trying to block the advance of the Chinese troops.

However, the Chinese troops opened a long line of skirmishers, and the bombing of the little devils did not have a great effect, but it brought some trouble to the Chinese troops.

"The 1st Battalion advanced rapidly." The commander of the provisional 11th regiment quickly began to give orders, and hundreds of officers and men quickly moved towards the front.

Heavy machine guns and grenadiers followed the troops, and as craters appeared, officers and men quickly entered the craters to take refuge.

The Japanese bombing began to end, and now the little devil air force continues to be dispatched, and they must consider the problem of stockpiling bombs.

"Regiment commander, there is the little devil airfield in front, our battalion will attack immediately, please give artillery support."

The commander of the 1st Battalion had approached the airfield with his troops, and he immediately sent heralds to the commander of the 11th Provisional Regiment to request artillery support.

After a while, the mountain artillery company that had set off with the troops began to fire, and six Type 41 mountain guns began to shell the barbed wire fence around the airfield.

However, the six mountain guns only fired for a few minutes, and the little devil bombers began to dispatch, and one after another aerial bombs were dropped, and two of the mountain guns were destroyed on the spot.

Fortunately, the distance between the mountain artillery companies is very large, so that the whole army is not annihilated, if the mountain artillery companies are gathered together, I am afraid that all six mountain artillery pieces will have to be destroyed.

"The first company rushes over." The commander of the first battalion had already begun to take out the first company, and the six Type 92 infantry guns and six Type 92 heavy machine guns of the machine gun company began to cover.

Shells continued to hit the barbed wire fence at the airport, and heavy machine gun bullets poured down like rain.